CMapTools is a free program for creating concept maps that can be saved and used exclusively on your computer or posted on a server and modified by other people that you grant access. There are free versions of the program for PCs, Macs, or Linux machines. Concept maps created with CMapTools can be saved locally or on a remote server. If a CMap is saved on a server, CMapTools allows the map to be synchronously and asynchronously viewed, annotated, and edited.
CMapTools has several features that scaffold the construction of meaningful concept maps. (Proposition builder, recorder, presentor, and cocept discussion boards.)
In addition to creating concept maps, the online character of CMaps allows users to organize their knowledge into more complex structures called Knowledge Models. (Explanation of knowledge model, How KMs differ from CMs. Why it might be useful for students. How these KMs might be used with students.)
Downloading CMapTools
CMaps Download Page - This is where you start the download process for CMapTools versions for Windows, Linux, or Mac Computers.
Using CMapTools
Theory and Construction of Concept Maps - Joe Novak, inventor of concept mapping, describes the theory and practice of concept mapping, and suggests ways to introduce concept mapping in your classroom.
CMapTools allows users to integrate server-based concept maps into their wikispace wikis. (What do I mean by integration? How does this capability extend the capabilities of wikispaces alone? Why might this be useful? How is it actually done? )
Here is sample CMapTools concept map saved on a remote server and represented on a wikipage.:
CMapTools
CMapTools is a free program for creating concept maps that can be saved and used exclusively on your computer or posted on a server and modified by other people that you grant access. There are free versions of the program for PCs, Macs, or Linux machines. Concept maps created with CMapTools can be saved locally or on a remote server. If a CMap is saved on a server, CMapTools allows the map to be synchronously and asynchronously viewed, annotated, and edited.
CMapTools has several features that scaffold the construction of meaningful concept maps. (Proposition builder, recorder, presentor, and cocept discussion boards.)
In addition to creating concept maps, the online character of CMaps allows users to organize their knowledge into more complex structures called Knowledge Models. (Explanation of knowledge model, How KMs differ from CMs. Why it might be useful for students. How these KMs might be used with students.)
Downloading CMapTools
Using CMapTools
Posting a Server-Based CMap in URITK
CMapTools allows users to integrate server-based concept maps into their wikispace wikis. (What do I mean by integration? How does this capability extend the capabilities of wikispaces alone? Why might this be useful? How is it actually done? )
Here is sample CMapTools concept map saved on a remote server and represented on a wikipage.: